Display box



C. C. WILSON DI SPLAY BOX Filed June 13. 1929 mrwwlllnudwnnh/Mm/nmw. 1 l

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Patented June `23, 1931Y UNITED ST'TES 1,811,164.vnr

PATENT voffri-cia CLARENCE C. WILSON, OF IBRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO THE COM'PRESSED PAPER BOX CORPORATION, OF BRIDGEPORT,CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT DISPLAY BOX i Applicationfiled. June 13,

! a box that is quickly and easily convertible from. the closed shippingor storage formation to open or display formation without the necessityof removing or handling the merchandise therein.

It is a further object of this'invention to provide a box havinganinsert adapted to be either nested therein or to cooperate with thecover to exhibit the merchandise Vat a display angle.

It is an additional object to provide a display box wherein the severalelements are securely fastened or hinged together, wherein the hingingmeans shall be of maximum strength compatible with the materials used,and yet may be manufactured and assembled very economically.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction,combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a front plan view of a box embodying thisinvention shown in display formation.

F ig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fie'. 1.

tiig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the box in closed shipping orstorage formation.

Fig. 4 is a section through the hinge means between the cover and thebase or bottom.

Fig. 5 is a section through the hinge means between the insert and thebase.

The shipping and display box herein disclosed comprises a base or bottomportion 11 having a complementary cover 12 hinged thereto at one end anda nestable insert merchandise receptacle 13 hinged thereto at its otherend. Fastened to the receptacle 13 is a decorative tassel lll whichserves to act as part of a background for the merchandise 15, hereinshown as part of a salt and pepper set, but which obviously can be anytype of merchandise. `In addition and 1929. Serial No. 370,546.

mainly, the tassel 141 servesv as a handle or means to raise thereceptacle 13 out of its nested shipping position, asin Fig. 3 to thedisplay position after the' cover 12 has been opened to the position, asin Figs. 1 and 2.

The nested receptacle or. inner section 135 projects beyond the base orbottomll as at 16'so as to cooperate with the cover when in closedposition, and is cut away as at 17 to the recessed portion 13 to betterdisplay the nierchandise, that it may be visible even when looked atfrom the side of the box, as shown in Fig. 2. This'insert or innersection takes y the place of the usual neck'provided in the towersection of boxes to telescopev into and hold the cover section.

A foldable easel 19 serves to reta-in the insert 13 in display positionin cooperation with 12 and the bottom-1l comprise aflexible stripv21'pastedor otherwise secured along the insoy ner edge 22 of bottom 11Vand along the outer edge 23 of cover 12. On'the. outer edge 24 of bottom1l another strip 25 is secured and is pasted on the back of strip 21along edge 23, but extends beyond the end of strip 2l and isalso pasteddirectly to edge23. These strips may be covered with or be of the samematerial as the covering vmaterial of the box so that the box has thesame exterior finish throughout. It will be noted that a neat and stronghinging means between the cover and bottom is'thus secured.

The other end of bottom 11 has the hinge means for the nested insert 13secured along its outer edger26. Thishingev means comprises a strip 27pasted on edge 26 of the bottom and pasted along the bottom edge 28 ofthe nested receptacle 13. Another strip 29 is pasted to edge 26 onl andbeyond strip 27, and is pasted to the upper orprojecting edge 30 of thenested receptacle 13. It will be noted that the hinge means hereindescribed will securely support the receptacle in display position, yetis very economical to manufacture. ln operation, the merchandise 15rests in a conventional decorative cloth or velvet filler 31 in thenested receptacle 13 which is supported by a suit-able frame 32 ofcardboard or other suitable material mounted in back of said cloth, andis closed and packed as shown in Fig. 3. Vxhen the merchant receives thebox, he raises the cover 12 and then lifts up the tassel 14, therebywithdrawing the receptacle 13 trom its nested position and rests it indisplay position in cooperation with the cover in a` general triangularform either by extending the easel 19 or resting the edge of thereceptacle on strip 210, depending on which form has been provided.

Having thus set forth and described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A container adapted. for shipping or displaying its contentscomprising a base receptacle, a complementary cover hinged at one endthereto, an insert receptacle hinged at one end to the other end of saidbase receptacle and nesting therein when in shipping formation, thehinged end of the insert being higher than the other walls of the insertand the base-and adapted to cooperate with said cover whenin closedposition, and said insert adapted to cooperate with the cover to exhibitits contents when in display formation. Y

2. A container comprising a base receptacle, a complementary coverhinged at one end thereto, an insert receptacle hinged at the upper edgeof the other end ot and nestable in said base, said insert hinged to thebase interfmediate its rupper and lower edges and projecting beyond saidbase when nested therein, whereby to cooperate with said cover when inclosed position, said insert and cover cooperating to exhibit themerchandise in display position by holding the free end of theA insertraised from the base.

3. A display and shipping box comprising a base receptacle, a covercomplementary thereto, means for hinging said cover to one end of saidbase, an insert receptacle nestable in and projecting above said basereceptacle, means for hinging said insert to the other end of said base,said last means comprising a strip secured outside said base andoutsidesaid insert on said nesting portion, and a second strip securedoutside said rbase on and beyond said other strip and secured outsidesaid insert on said projecting portion.

4:. A display and shipping box comprising ing a base receptacle, a covercomplementary thereto, means for hinging said cover to one end of saidbase, and insert receptacle nestable in and projecting above said basereceptacle, means for hinging said insert to the other end of said base,said last means comprising a strip secured outside said base and outsidesaid insert on said nesting portion, a second strip secured outside saidbase on and beyond said other strip and secured outside said insert onsaid projecting portion, and means for supporting said insert at anangle to said base and cover for displaying its contained merchandise.

5. A display and shipping box comprising a base receptacle, a covercomplementary thereto, means 'ior hinging said cover to one end of saidhase, an insert receptacle nestable in and projecting above said basereceptacle, means for hinging said insert to the other end of said base,said last means comprising a strip secured outside said baseV andoutside said insert on said nesting portion, and a second strip securedoutside said base on and beyond said other strip and secured outsidesaid insert on said projecting portion, and means comprising asupporting strip secured inside said cover near its freev end.

6. A shipping box adapted to display its contents, said box comprising abase includand end walls, said cover being hinged at the lower edge ofone of its walls to the upper edge of one of the walls or" the base, anested receptacle portion, said nested portion including side and endwalls, and one of the` walls of said nested portion hinged intermediateits upper and lower edges to the upper edge of the wall ot the baseopposite the wall to which the cover is hinged.

ln testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

CLARENCE C.V WILSON.

ving side and end Walls, a cover including side

